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An outbreak of food poisoning caused by Salmonella typhi-murium, phage-type 12, probably spread by infected meat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

R. W. S. Harvey ,
T. H. Price ,
W. Bate  and
D. R. Allen
R. W. S. Harvey
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Cardiff
T. H. Price
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Cardiff
W. Bate
Affiliation:
Chief Public Health Inspector, Cardiff
D. R. Allen
Affiliation:
Veterinary Investigation Laboratory, Cardiff
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An outbreak of food poisoning caused by Salmonella typhi-murium, phage-type 12, in which 122 persons were infected, is described.

Isolation of the same organism from the drains of two large abattoirs, from pig faeces at one abattoir, and from the floor drains of fifteen out of fifty-four butchers' shops and bakehouses examined, together with records showing that this organism had been recently isolated from pigs and cattle in the neighbourhood, suggested that meat was the vehicle of infection.

We are indebted to Dr E. S. Anderson and the staff of the Central Enteric Reference Laboratory and Bureau, Colindale, for phage-typing the cultures of S. typhi-murium.

We should like to thank Prof. Scott Thomson for his encouragement and advice in the preparation of this paper and Mr J. Morgan and Mr B. M. Jones of the Public Health Laboratory, Cardiff, for their technical assistance.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 61 , Issue 4 , December 1963 , pp. 419 - 424
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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